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2012 Center City Commuter Mode Split

Survey Results

Prepared for:

Commute Seattle

Final Report March 2013

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TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 2

METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................ 3

Sampling .................................................................................................................... 3

Data Collection ......................................................................................................... 3

Weighting and Analysis ............................................................................................ 5

Response Rates.......................................................................................................... 6

SUMMARY FINDINGS ................................................................................. 7

Weekday Mode Share .............................................................................................. 7 Center City ................................................................................................................. 7

DETAILED FINDINGS ................................................................................... 9

Business Size ............................................................................................................. 10

Area of Residence ................................................................................................... 12

Commute Distance ................................................................................................. 16

Neighborhood Reporting ........................................................................................ 19

APPENDIX ................................................................................................ 27

Respondent Profile .................................................................................................. 28 Prenotification Letter ............................................................................................... 30 Recruiting Screener ................................................................................................. 31 Commute Seattle Questionnaire .......................................................................... 33 State of Washington CTR Survey ........................................................................... 34 Weights ...................................................................................................................... 37 100+ non-CTR Cohort Analysis ............................................................................... 39 Map of Downtown Neighborhoods...................................................................... 41 WSDOT CommuteTrip Reduction Program Rules 2010 ...................................... 42 Tables with Significant Notations ........................................................................... 54

Commute Seattle - 2012 Commuter Mode Split Survey Results. January 2013

INTRODUCTION Commute Seattle is a commuter service organization founded in 2004 to enhance Downtown’s economic competitiveness by improving access to and through Downtown Seattle. This alliance of the Downtown Seattle Association (DSA)/Metropolitan Improvement District (MID), King County Metro Transit, and the City of Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT) aims to increase all commuting options other than driving alone in a car. Commute Seattle’s goal is to increase the portion of Downtown commuters who do not dive alone in a car to 70%, leading the nation in non-drive-alone commuting

This study represents a longitudinal effort to understand commute trends over time. A similar study was undertaken in in 2010 and is intended to be replicated every two years. The 2010 Center City Commute Mode Split study can be found online at Commuteseattle.com/2010

In 2012, Commute Seattle commissioned Gilmore Research to conduct a survey of commuters within businesses located in Seattle’s Center City neighborhoods to determine mode share among employees that commute to work Monday through Friday between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. The sample for the survey was selected to obtain a representative sample of employees in all business sizes across ten distinct neighborhoods that make up the Seattle Center City. Data from this survey were combined with data collected in 2011 and 2012 by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) from all Center City businesses affected by the State of Washington’s Commuter Trip Reduction (CTR) Efficiency Act. The survey used questions from Washington State’s standard CTR survey to collect information about travel mode to work, vehicle miles traveled and origin of commute trips.

The primary objectives for the study are:

• To understand commute behavior among commuters within the entire Center City area as well as similarities and differences among commuters in Center City neighborhoods.

• Track changes between the study conducted in 2010 and 2012.


METHODOLOGY Sampling The 2012 survey collected data from 2,119 employees at non-CTR affected worksites within the Seattle’s Center City neighborhoods (see map on page 41).

Gilmore Research purchased a list of all businesses in the downtown Seattle area from InfoGroup. Gilmore Research provided InfoGroup with neighborhood boundaries and asked them to append a neighborhood identifier to each company interviewed. In most cases, the business sample included the name, address and telephone number of the business, a contact name, and the approximate number of employees at each location.

The sample was sorted based on neighborhood and business size (1-4, 5-9, 10-19, 20-49, 50-99, 100+). Quotas were established for each size cohort to ensure all businesses sizes were represented proportionally in the final dataset. The data in 2010 and 2012 represent a slightly different population as all non-CTR affected companies were included in the sampling frame in 2012 while those companies with 100 or more employees were excluded from the non-CTR sampling frame in 2010. The effects of this change in the population studied are analyzed later in the report on page 39. The sample for each neighborhood was then randomized prior to data collection and a representative sample was pulled for initial recruitment.

Data Collection Timing of the Study The 2012 study is part of a longitudinal comparative study and therefore a premium was placed on replicating the methods, steps and timing of the 2010 study. Any departure from the 2010 study will be noted, as well as, externalities that may be thought to have played a role in affecting commute behavior in 2012.

The study was fielded during the week of October 29th, 2012 asking respondents to recall their commute mode for the prior week beginning on October 22nd. The 2012 survey was conducted in the same month as the 2010 but the survey was fielded one week later in October. The weather during the commute week in questions (week of October 22nd) was a mixture of rain, wind and party sunny days with temperatures in the high forties and low fifties. Comparatively, weather during the week surveyed in 2010 was generally marked by the absence of rain and the presence of sun. This is notable for its likely but unknown impact on biking and walking to work.

The week respondents were asked to report their commute mode was a week that fell four weeks after King County Metro Transit implemented its Fall Service Change which included elimination of the Downtown Ride Free Area, launch of Metro’s Rapid Ride lines C and D serving Downtown, and Metro’s largest route restructure in several decades. The system and user disruption as a result of these significant, but short-term changes, may have been detected in the survey results associated with bus mode share but are unquantifiable.

Vehicle tolling on State Route-520 began in December 2011 and was in place for nine months prior to fielding the 2012 survey. The impact of tolling is unknown on the results of this study.


Average gas prices in the Seattle area in 2012 remained high ($3.80) compared to 2010 average gas prices ($2.80-$3.00). In the months preceding the 2012 survey, gas prices hit an annual peak ($4.00+) and declined sharply in November and December. (GasBuddy.com).

Fielding the Study Gilmore Research worked with Commute Seattle to draft a pre-notification letter (Appendix page 30), signed by the Commute Seattle Executive Director. This letter was sent to all randomly selected businesses with more than 4 employees (those with four or fewer employees were treated differently, see below) to inform business owners about the upcoming survey effort and to encourage their participation.

After the letters were sent out, Gilmore contacted individuals at the selected businesses by phone to verify the name, location and size of the business and to recruit a person inside each organization to distribute and collect the surveys. Coordinators were given the option of distributing hard copies of the survey, distributing electronic surveys in fillable format, or providing a link to a secure website where employees could complete the surveys online. Depending on the option selected, coordinators either received a survey packet in the mail with hard copies of the survey instrument, or were sent a packet electronically that included either a survey attachment (fillable format) or a link to the online survey. Packets sent via regular mail included a self-addressed stamped envelope for coordinators to use when returning the completed surveys.

To encourage participation, survey coordinators were entered into a drawing for 20 gift cards valued at $25 for small businesses (5 to 19 employees), or 10 gift cards for medium-sized businesses (20 to 49 employees). Survey coordinators of larger businesses with 50 or more employees were each given a $50 gift card in exchange for his or her assistance. Gilmore Research followed up with the on-site coordinator throughout the data collection process via email, phone calls to remind them to collect and return the completed surveys.

For the smallest employers (1-4 employees), Gilmore opted to program the surveys into our computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) system and collect the data via telephone interview with as many employees as possible at each location. Quotas were set for number of completed interviews within this business size category for each neighborhood. No incentives were offered to these employees or their employers.

All questionnaires were edited for consistency, completeness and accuracy. Paper survey responses were entered into a data file using the data entry mode of Gilmore’s CATI software. Once all of the data were entered and verified, data from the paper surveys were combined with data collected via phone and web to create a master data file of responses from employees in non-CTR-affected companies.

WSDOT supplied data for CTR-affected employees to be combined with the non-CTR-affected master data file to provide a complete picture of travel to the Center City. The WSDOT data were collected from CTR-affected companies (those with 100+ employees) in the Center City area in 2011 and 2012. This data included all responses to the state CTR survey included in the Appendix. Thus, it included information for trips made to the Center City area on all days at all hours. Prior to providing the data to Gilmore, WSDOT assigned each company surveyed to one of the ten neighborhoods that comprise the Center City area.


Although the Commute Trip Reduction Efficiency Act affects only businesses with 100 or more employees the data WSDOT provided included 294 responses from four worksites with fewer than 100 employees who voluntarily comply with CTR. At WSDOT’s direction, the companies shown in Table 1 were treated as CTR-affected companies for purposes of this analysis.

Weighting and Analysis The data collected for Commute Seattle (n=2,119) were then combined with data WSDOT collected from CTR-affected companies in the Center City (n=46,937) and analyses were performed to determine commute mode share, vehicle miles traveled and trip origins. State of Washington CTR guidelines require a 70% response rate among employees in large organizations. To help encourage a high survey response rate, worksites with less than a 70% response rate will see their survey results adjusted, by WSDOT with the assumption that non-respondents were making drive-alone trips. This adjustment of their drive-alone rate is called “fill-in”. It is important to note “fill-in” was not applied to the data received from WSDOT. Thus, mode share in this report is calculated based on actual trips reported.

The combined data file was weighted to ensure accurate representation of businesses based on the number of employees in CTR-affected and non-CTR-affected companies for the Center City as a whole. Separate weights were also developed for each neighborhood to proportionately represent the number of employees that work in CTR-affected and non-affected businesses in each of these locations.

Findings reported at the neighborhood level are based on data weighted for that specific neighborhood while those for the Center City are based on the aggregate weight for CTR-affected/not-affected businesses in all neighborhoods combined.

When developing the Drive Alone Rate (DAR), Gilmore Research followed the protocols set forth in the “Commute Trip Reduction Program Rules 2010” published by the Washington State Department of Transportation.1 A copy of these rules is included in the Appendix.

It is important to note that both the WSDOT data and the data collected for Commute Seattle asked employees about their travel to the Center City all days of the week and all hours of the day. The Respondent Profile at the end of the report (on page 27) is based on all respondents regardless of travel days and times. The subsequent travel analysis in the Summary and Detailed Findings Section is based on responses from employees that travel to the Center City on weekdays between 6 and 9 A.M.

1 Leotta, Kathy and Avinash, Rai J. Commute Trip Reduction Program Rules 2010. Washington State Department of Transportation. September 13, 2010. *Using expansion factor for City of Seattle employees (3.24675)

Table 1 Companies Treated as CTR-Affected Despite Having Fewer than 100 Employees

CTRID Number of Employees Neighborhood

Christensen O’Connor Johnson & Kindness E85894 96 Commercial Core Washington State DHS E86041 50 Belltown Washington State DOT E80534 78 Pioneer Square Defender Association E81547 70 Commercial Core

TOTAL 294


Throughout this report statistically significant differences are reported at the 95% level of confidence unless otherwise noted. The maximum margin of error for Center City employees is ± 0.44 percentage points at the 95% confidence level. The margin of error for employees of businesses not affected by CTR rules is ± 2.13 percentage points. Margins of error at the neighborhood level range from ± 0.68 percentage points in the Commercial Core to ± 11.06 percentage points in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.

Response Rates Response rates were calculated based on the number of surveys distributed and the number of valid surveys received. The overall response rate for all surveys was 66%. This includes both the surveys collected by Gilmore Research on behalf of Commute Seattle and those from CTR-affected companies provided by WSDOT.

Table 2 shows the response rates for businesses that WSDOT designated as CTR-affected and non-affected businesses. Response rates are also shown by business size and neighborhood.

Table 2 Survey Response Rates (All Respondents)

Surveys

Distributed Surveys

Completed Response

Rate Center City 74,696 49,056 66%

CTR-affected 70,735 46,937 66 Not CTR-affected 3,963 2,119 53

Neighborhood Belltown 3,347 2,332 70% Capitol Hill 114 88 77 Chinatown-International District 2,395 1,842 77 Commercial Core 34,857 20,979 60 Denny Triangle 12,745 8,081 63 First Hill 5,848 4,556 78 Pike/Pine 347 239 69 Pioneer Square 2,559 1,718 67 South Lake Union 7,183 5,392 75 Uptown 5,301 3,829 72

Business Size 1 to 4 employees 475 442 93% 5 to 9 employees 240 176 73 10 to 19 employees 414 276 67 20 to 49 employees 1,046 505 48 50 to 99 employees 1,437 715 50 100 or more employees 68,440 49,553* 72


SUMMARY FINDINGS Weekday Mode Share Four out of five Center City employees (85%) reported working at least one weekday and indicated they started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Commute mode share is the percentage of all commute trips made using each mode of transportation during the week prior to the survey period.

Center City As mentioned in the Methodology Section, results for the Center City use data weighted at the aggregate level. More information about the weights used can be found in the Appendix.

All Weekday Morning Commuters Respondents that travel to work in the Center City made a total of 182,057 commute trips to work (one way) the week surveys were conducted. Of these, more trips were made on the bus (35.7%) than by any other mode, although drive alone trips were a close second (32.7%). Figure 1 shows the percentage of trips made using each mode for all respondents related to questions 1 and 4 in the survey (see appendix).

Compared to 2010 Four modes saw a significant increase in overall usage over the past two years. These modes include rail, bicycle, walk, and teleworking.

Figure 1 Commute Mode Share – Weekday Trips per Mode Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Exact wording of survey questions can be found in the appendix on page 33.

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Significantly fewer commuters drove alone this year than in 2010. There was also a significant decrease in the percentage of commuters who carpool, used a compressed work week with a day off, or some “other” mode.

This finding could be interpreted as commuters increasing their usage of rail, biking, walking, and teleworking rather than driving alone, carpooling, using a compressed work week, or an “other” mode of transportation.

Relative Change The drive alone rate has seen a decrease in relative change of 3 percentage points in the past two years. Rail has seen the largest improvement over the last two years, with a relative increase of 21% since 2010. Bike and vanpool have also shown a considerable relative improvement since 2010. The largest decrease in mode share is a 75% decrease in relative use of the compressed week day off.

Figure 1A Commute Mode Share – Relative Change in Weekday Trips per Mode Since 2010 Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.


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DETAILED FINDINGS Drive alone rate is calculated by dividing the number of single occupancy vehicle (SOV) trips into the number of potential trips.2 Respondents that travel to work in the Center City on weekdays between 6 and 9 a.m. made a total of 59,595 one way SOV trips. The drive alone rate for these commuters is 32.7% (59,595/182,057).

Table 3 shows absolute change in commute mode share, for both CTR-affected and Not-affected companies. All mode share numbers are reported using weighted trips. For detailed weighting information please see the Weighting and Analysis discussion in the Methodology section and the table of weights included in the Appendix.

Comparing CTR-Affected to Non CTR-Affected Companies Employees working in CTR-affected companies make significantly more trips by bus, in a carpool, in a vanpool, or those traveling by an “other mode” than those working for companies who are Not CTR-affected. Employees in businesses that are not CTR-affected make a significantly greater percentage of trips by driving alone, walking, riding a bicycle, or taking the ferry (with vehicle) to work. Not CTR-affected companies’ rate of change from drive alone to other modes is moving rapidly.

2 Single occupancy trips include all “drive alone” trips plus one-person motorcycle trips. Potential trips includes trips made using all travel modes plus telework and compressed work week days off.

Table 3 Commute Mode Share – Weekday Trips per Mode by CTR-Affected/Not Affected Companies

Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Total CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected*

Base = Tripsw

n=48,221 nw=41,206

Tripsw=182,057 % Change from 2010

n=46,672 nw=20,175


n=1,549 nw=21,031


Bus 35.7% -0.1% 42.1% -3.4% 29.9% 6.2% Drive alone 32.7 -1.0 25.4 1.4 39.3 -6.7 Carpool 8.4 -0.6 9.6 -0.4 7.3 -0.5 Walk 6.3 0.4 5.0 1.1 7.5 -1.0 Train/light rail/streetcar 5.2 0.9 5.6 0.7 4.8 1.3 Bicycle 3.3 0.5 2.7 0.4 3.8 0.3 Telework 3.0 0.3 3.4 0.3 2.6 0.5 Ferry as walk-on passenger 2.2 0.0 2.5 -0.2 2.0 0.6 Motorcycle/Moped 0.9 0.1 0.8 0.1 1.0 0.1 Vanpool 0.7 0.1 1.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 Ferry with vehicle 0.6 -0.1 0.4 -0.1 0.9 0.0 Compressed workweek day

off 0.1 -0.3 0.1 -0.2 0.1 -0.4

Other mode 0.8 -0.3 1.2 0.1 0.5 -0.7


Bold denotes a significant change from 2010 to 2012.

*Note: Not a direct comparison because 100+ Non CTR-affected companies are included in 2012 data and are excluded from 2010 data.



Comparing 2012 Results to 2010 Results

Employees working for CTR-Affected companies are more likely to drive alone, walk, take the rail, bike, or telework commute in 2012 than in 2010. These employees are less likely to take the bus or carpool in 2012. Those working for non-CTR affected organizations are more likely to take the bus now than in 2010 and are less likely to drive alone, use a compressed work week day off, or to use an “other mode” of transportation into the city.

Business Size Several statistically significant differences were noted with respect to company size. As Table 4 shows, employees of large companies (100 or more employees) make a greater percentage of trips by bus or vanpool than employees of medium and small-sized companies. Employees of large companies also make proportionately more ferry trips as a walk-on passenger than those in small companies and more carpool trips or trips by “other” modes than those in medium size companies.

Respondents working in mid-size companies (20 to 99 employees) make proportionately more bus or telework trips than those in small companies and more drive alone or bicycle trips than those in large companies. Respondents working for small companies make more drive alone, walking, and vehicle ferry trips than those in either medium or large-sized companies. Those who work for small or medium sized businesses are more likely to ride a bicycle to work than those working for large companies.

When looking at commuting changes between 2010 and 2012, the most change occurred within large companies, though mid-size companies saw the largest growth in bus ridership and the largest

Table 4 Commute Mode Share – Weekday Trips per Mode by Business Size

Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Business Size (Number of Employees)

Total 1 to 19 20 to 99 100+ (Both CTR affected and Non CTR-affected)

n=48,221 nw=41,206

Tripsw=182,057

n=865 nw=11,744

Tripsw=36,360

% Change

from 2010

n=1,219 nw=14,089

Tripsw=51,026

% Change

from 2010

n=46,972 nw=23,223

Tripsw=94,671

% Change

from 2010

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workweek day off 0.1 0.1 -0.3

0.1 -0.4

0.1 -0.2

Other mode 0.8 0.8 -0.7 0.3 -0.5 1.1 0.0


Base = Tripsw


drop in drive-alone rates. Since 2010, large companies saw increases in employees driving alone, walking, taking rail, or biking to work and decreases in commuters taking the bus, carpooling, taking the ferry as a walk-on passenger, using a compressed work week with a day off, or taking the ferry with a vehicle. Those at small businesses are less likely to telework in 2012 than in 2012. Mid-size employees are more likely to take the bus or telework, and are less likely to drive alone in 2012.


Area of Residence As Table 6 shows, there are many statistically significant differences in commute mode share depending on where the respondent lives.

Residents of Seattle made proportionately more morning commute trips by bicycling or walking to work than those living in other areas and the proportion biking continues to rise over 2010 findings.

Respondents living in the North (Kirkland/W. Snohomish County), and Northeast Regions (Redmond/NE King County/SE Snohomish County) made a significantly greater share of commute trips by bus than those from other areas.

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Respondents living in the East (Issaquah/East King County) and those in Bellevue made proportionately more drive alone trips. Though, drive alone trips from these areas are significantly lower now than in 2010.

Respondents living in the South (Renton, South King County, Pierce County) took the greatest number of trips by rail. Rail usage grew significantly in Seattle, South King County and Pierce County between 2010-2012.

Figure 3 Commute Mode Share by Neighborhood Destination Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

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Main Mode Shares Used per Area The map below shows the types of modes used by 2% or more of the population commuting from each of the seven areas.

Modes utilized by 2% or more of residents from any given area are labeled on the pie chart. The labels for those mode shares with less than 2% have been removed, but the percentage is still represented by the colored slice.


Commute Distance Overall, weekday morning commuters travel 13.0 miles on average. As Figure 7 shows, employees working for companies not affected by the Commute Trip Reduction law were more likely to report driving fewer than 10 miles to work while those in larger companies tended to drive longer distances. Commuters working for CTR-affected companies travel 14.5 miles to work on average; significantly more than those working for non-affected companies (mean = 11.2 miles).

When looking at miles traveled one way to work by mode, those that travel by vanpool (22.9 miles) or train, light rail or streetcar (22.2 miles) travel farther, on average, than those using different commute modes. Bus commuters and those that drive alone travel close to the same distance on average—just under 13 miles (Figure 8).

The distances traveled by mode are similar in 2012 than in 2010 and there are no significant differences found in miles traveled by mode.

Figure 8 Average Miles to Work One Way by Commute Mode Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

19.3

12.216.3

5.91.9

26.9

6.31.8

13.512.8 12.9

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Bases vary by mode. Travel modes are not discrete.

Figure 7 Miles Traveled One Way to Work Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.


*Statistically significant difference

Bases: Total (n=47,063, nw=40,070); CTR-Affected (n=45,563, nw=19,704); Not CTR-Affected (n=1,500, nw=20,366)

22.5%

26.1%

27.6%

23.8%

19.5%

23.5%

28.6%*

28.4%*

25.4%*

28.7%*

26.6%

19.3%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

Less than 5miles

5 to 9 miles

10 to 19 miles

20 miles or more

Total

CTR-Affected

Not Ctr-Affected


Respondents that live west or south of Seattle travel the greatest distances on average while those that live in Bellevue travel the shortest distance of all employees except those living in Seattle itself (Figure 9).

Figure 9 Average Miles to Work One Way by Area Where Respondent Lives Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.


24.4 23.9 19.5

22.5 21.0

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5.8

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19.2 23.7

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Westn=1,825

nw=1,366

Southn=9,146

nw=6,966

Eastn=2,408

nw=1,581

Northeastn=2,012

nw=1,326

Northn=6,889

nw=5,315

Bellevuen=2,015

nw=1,560

Seattlen=23,043

nw=22,207

Average Miles 2012 2010


The average number of miles to work differs from neighborhood to neighborhood. As Figure 10 shows, those commuting to the Pike/Pine neighborhood travel the shortest distance on average (8.3 miles). This finding is consistent with mode share results that show Pike/Pine and Capitol Hill (with only 9.0 mile commutes) have the highest percentage of walking commute trips across all ten neighborhoods.

Most respondents travel 12.7 miles to work on average. Those that work in Chinatown, the Commercial Core, and First Hill neighborhoods have the longest commutes on average.

Figure 10 Average Miles to Work One Way by Area Neighborhood Where Respondent Works Respondents that started work on weekdays between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.


Note: Neighborhood weights were applied for this figure.

13.2

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14.8

14.6

11.7

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12.9

11.5

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Belltownn=2,261;nw=1,896

Capitol Hilln=57; nw=57

Chinatown-International Districtn=1,772; nw=1,486

Commercial Coren=20,767; nw=16,787

Denny Trianglen=8,001; nw=7,569

First Hilln=4,428; nw=4,157

Pike/Pinen=211; nw=191

Pioneer Squaren=1,668; nw=1,406

South Lake Unionn=5,330; nw=4,769

Uptownn=3,726; nw=2,989

Average Miles2012

2010


Neighborhood Reporting As mentioned in the Methodology Section, results for individual neighborhoods are weighted based on the proportion of employees working for CTR-affected and non-affected companies in each neighborhood. Additional information can be found in the weights table included in the Appendix.

Note: Results for each neighborhood should be looked at individually and not compared to other neighborhoods due to varying sample sizes and inconsistent representation of the true City-Center population when broken into neighborhoods. Any comparisons should be made to the aggregate City-Center data only.

Figures 2 through 5 show the mode share for weekday morning commute trips to each of the ten study neighborhoods.

Table 6 provides a breakout of mode share by employees that work for CTR-affected and not-affected companies for each of the ten downtown neighborhoods.


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36.1% 35.4%

7.0% 5.1%

3.8% 3.8% 3.4% 2.7%

0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.2% 1.3%

55.1% 13.0% 12.6%

9.8% 2.8% 2.8% 2.0% 1.6%

0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

35.2% 32.3%

15.9% 9.1%

2.1% 1.8% 1.2% 0.8% 0.4% 0.4% 0.1% 0.0% 0.7%

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

BusDrive alone

CarpoolWalkBike

Ferry PassengerRail

TeleworkMotorcycle/Moped

Ferry w/VehicleVanpool

Compressed Workweek…Other

Drive aloneCarpool

WalkBusRailBike

TeleworkFerry Passenger

Compressed Workweek…Vanpool

Motorcycle/MopedFerry w/Vehicle

Other

Drive aloneBusRail

CarpoolWalk

Motorcycle/MopedBike

Ferry PassengerFerry w/Vehicle

TeleworkVanpool

Compressed Workweek…Other


7.4 -2.9 -2.3 -3.8 2.0 1.3 1.3

-0.5 -1.3 -1.1 -0.1 0.0

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3.7 8.7

-7.5 2.9 1.2 2.8

-6.9 -0.2 -0.5 0.0

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-2.9

0.2 -4.5 6.0 2.2

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-0.9 -0.6 0.1

-1.0 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2


significant change)




Bus is the most common commute mode in Belltown with drive alone as a close second. A significantly larger proportion of commuters are taking the bus in 2012 compared to 2010.

In Capitol Hill, significantly more trips are made by driving alone than by any other mode.

In International District, drive alone trips edge out bus trips by a narrow margin. Trips by train, light rail or streetcar are the third most common at 16%. Since 2010, trips by rail have increased significantly while trips by bus have decreased.

Half of the commute trips in the Commercial Core are made by bus and about one in five are drive alone trips. Carpool is a distant third with 8% of all trips. The portion of drive alone commute trips declined by 2.1%.

In the Denny Triangle neighborhood, close to four in ten morning commute trips are made on the bus (38%) and just over one-quarter of commute trips are made by driving alone (28%). Walking and carpool trips are a distant third/fourth place, accounting for a little less roughly 8% of trips to this neighborhood. The percentage who drive in alone decreased significantly from 33% in 2010 to 28% in 2012.


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50.4% 18.9%

7.9% 5.7%

4.6% 3.4% 3.2% 3.1%

0.8% 0.8% 0.4% 0.1% 0.7%

38.2% 27.7%

8.4% 7.8%

4.6% 4.2% 3.6%

1.7% 1.2% 1.0% 0.4% 0.1% 1.0%

35.1% 32.1%

13.9% 6.3%

3.1% 2.8% 2.7%

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0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60%

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CarpoolWalkRail

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TeleworkFerry Passenger


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CarpoolWalkRailBike

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Motorcycle/MopedTelework

Ferry w/VehicleCompressed…

Other

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In the First Hill neighborhood, a little more than one third of morning commute trips are made by driving alone (35%) and about three in ten are made on the bus (32%). At 13.9% of all trips, carpooling is the third most common form of commuting to this neighborhood.

Just under half of all commute trips in the Pike/Pine area are made by driving alone (47%). Walking is a distant second (19%) followed closely by taking the bus (19%). Significantly more commuters are walking to Pike/Pine from their homes now than in 2010.

Employees traveling to Pioneer Square use several different modes, but the most popular routes are to take the bus (36%) or drive alone (25%). Rail is the third most common choice (9%) followed closely by walking (8%). A significant percentage of employees who used to drive alone to work in Pioneer Square are now walking or teleworking instead.

Driving alone is the most common commute mode to jobs in the South Lake Union neighborhood (51%,), even with its slight reduction of drivers since 2010. Bus trips are a distant second (22%).


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47.2% 18.8% 18.5%

8.3% 3.8%

1.1% 0.8% 0.5% 0.5% 0.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.3%

36.2% 24.7%

9.0% 7.6%

6.2% 5.3%

4.1% 3.8%

1.5% 0.7% 0.1% 0.0% 0.8%

50.7% 21.5%

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Compressed…Other

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Commuters to the Uptown neighborhood most commonly drive alone to work (56%). Bus is a distant second (14%) followed closely by carpooling (7%). Though fewer carpool now than did in 2010 and a significant increase in driving alone has been noted since 2010.


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Bus

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Telework

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Table 6 shows the percentage of employees that work in both CTR affected and non-CTR affected businesses within each neighborhood. This table is provided to aid in understanding differences in how employees in the various neighborhoods commute to work.

Table 6 Weekday (Monday-Friday) Commute Mode Share by Neighborhood – Percentage of Trips per Mode by CTG-Affected/Not CTR-Affected Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Belltown

(Total) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected n=2,261 nw=1,896

Tripsw = 8,688

n=2,031 nw=309

Tripsw = 1,312

n=230 nw=1,587

Tripsw = 7,375 Bus 36.1% 31.3% 37.0% Drive alone 35.4% 36.1% 35.3% Carpool 7.0% 10.5% 6.4% Walk 5.1% 4.1% 5.2% Bike 3.8% 2.8% 4.0% Ferry Passenger 3.8% 2.9% 3.9% Rail 3.4% 4.6% 3.2% Telework 2.7% 3.0% 2.6% Motorcycle/Moped 0.5% 0.8% 0.5% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.5% 1.0% 0.4% Vanpool 0.3% 2.1% 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% Other 1.3% 0.7% 1.4%

Capitol Hill

n=57 nw=57

Tripsw = 254

n=0 nw=0

Tripsw = 0

n=57 nw=57

Tripsw = 254 Drive alone 55.1% 0.0% 55.1% Carpool 13.0% 0.0% 13.0% Walk 12.6% 0.0% 12.6% Bus 9.8% 0.0% 9.8% Rail 2.8% 0.0% 2.8% Bike 2.8% 0.0% 2.8% Telework 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% Ferry Passenger 1.6% 0.0% 1.6% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% Vanpool 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Other 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Chinatown – International District

n=1,772 nw=1,468

Tripsw = 6,823

n=1,639 nw=763

Tripsw = 3,453

n=133 nw=723

Tripsw = 3,370 Drive alone 35.2% 22.2% 48.4% Bus 32.3% 44.9% 19.4% Rail 15.9% 15.6% 16.1% Carpool 9.1% 8.3% 9.8% Walk 2.1% 1.6% 2.6% Motorcycle/Moped 1.8% 1.0% 2.7% Bike 1.2% 2.3% 0.2% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.7% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.0% 0.8% Telework 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% Vanpool 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Other 0.7% 1.4% 0.0%


Base = Tripsw


Table 6 (Continued) Commute Mode Share by Neighborhood – Percentage of Trips per Mode Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Commercial Core

(Total) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected n=20,767 nw=16,787

Tripsw = 75,099

n=20,518 nw=8,942

Tripsw = 39,275

n=249 nw=7,845

Tripsw = 35,824 Bus 50.4% 52.4% 48.3% Drive alone 18.9% 16.7% 21.4% Carpool 7.9% 8.2% 7.6% Walk 5.7% 3.7% 7.7% Rail 4.6% 6.7% 2.4% Ferry Passenger 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% Telework 3.2% 4.2% 2.1% Bike 3.1% 2.0% 4.2% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.8% 0.4% 1.3% Motorcycle/Moped 0.8% 0.5% 1.1% Vanpool 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Other 0.7% 1.2% 0.2%

Denny Triangle

n=8,001 nw=7,569

Tripsw = 32,410

n=7,763 nw=5,086

Tripsw = 21,185

n=238 nw=2,483

Tripsw = 11,225 Bus 38.2% 36.8% 40.7% Drive alone 27.7% 28.5% 26.4% Walk 8.4% 9.2% 6.9% Carpool 7.8% 8.5% 6.6% Rail 4.6% 3.8% 6.2% Bike 4.2% 3.4% 5.8% Telework 3.6% 4.3% 2.5% Ferry Passenger 1.7% 1.4% 2.1% Motorcycle/Moped 1.2% 1.4% 0.8% Vanpool 1.0% 1.1% 0.8% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Other 1.0% 1.3% 0.5%

First Hill

n=4,428 nw=4,157

Tripsw = 17,316

n=4,319 nw=2,906

Tripsw = 11,682

n=109 nw=1,251

Tripsw = 5,633 Drive alone 35.1% 32.2% 41.1% Bus 32.1% 35.6% 24.6% Carpool 13.9% 13.4% 14.9% Walk 6.3% 5.3% 8.6% Rail 3.1% 2.9% 3.5% Bike 2.8% 2.2% 4.1% Vanpool 2.7% 3.5% 1.2% Ferry Passenger 1.0% 1.4% 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 0.8% 1.1% 0.2% Telework 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.7% 0.5% 1.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Other 0.7% 1.0% 0.2%


Base = Tripsw



(Total) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected

Pike/Pine

n=211 nw=191

Tripsw = 885

n=151 nw=89

Tripsw = 408

n=60 nw=102

Tripsw = 477 Drive alone 47.2% 40.9% 52.5% Walk 18.8% 13.1% 23.6% Bus 18.5% 24.3% 13.6% Carpool 8.3% 14.2% 3.2% Bike 3.8% 2.0% 5.4% Ferry Passenger 1.1% 2.3% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.8% 0.0% 1.4% Telework 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% Motorcycle/Moped 0.5% 1.0% 0.0% Rail 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% Vanpool 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Other 0.3% 0.7% 0.0%

Pioneer Square

n=1,668 nw=1,406

Tripsw = 6,328

n=1,502 nw=352

Tripsw = 1,512

n=166 nw=1,055

Tripsw = 4,815 Bus 36.2% 41.8% 34.4% Drive alone 24.7% 22.2% 25.5% Rail 9.0% 12.9% 7.8% Walk 7.6% 1.8% 9.4% Carpool 6.2% 8.2% 5.5% Bike 5.3% 5.5% 5.3% Telework 4.1% 1.5% 4.9% Ferry Passenger 3.8% 2.9% 4.1% Ferry w/Vehicle 1.5% 0.4% 1.8% Motorcycle/Moped 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% Vanpool 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% Other 0.8% 1.6% 0.5%

South Lake Union

n=5,330 nw=4,769

Tripsw = 20,288

n=5,202 nw=2,860

Tripsw = 11,803

n=128 nw=1,909

Tripsw = 8,485 Drive alone 50.7% 40.6% 64.7% Bus 21.5% 25.5% 16.0% Carpool 10.8% 13.7% 6.7% Walk 5.1% 5.1% 5.1% Rail 2.5% 2.7% 2.3% Bike 2.5% 3.9% 0.5% Telework 1.8% 1.6% 2.1% Vanpool 1.7% 3.0% 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 1.1% 0.8% 1.6% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.4% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.5% 0.3% 0.9% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% Other 0.7% 1.3% 0.0%


Base = Tripsw



(Total) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected

Uptown

n=3,726 nw=2,989

Tripsw = 12,987

n=3,547 nw=1,233

Tripsw = 4,912

n=179 nw=1,756

Tripsw = 8,075 Drive alone 56.4% 44.6% 63.7% Bus 13.9% 20.9% 9.7% Carpool 7.4% 12.0% 4.6% Walk 6.9% 6.9% 6.9% Telework 5.4% 4.4% 6.1% Bike 3.6% 3.4% 3.8% Rail 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% Motorcycle/Moped 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.2% 0.6% Vanpool 0.6% 1.6% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% Other 1.0% 1.2% 0.9%


Base = Tripsw


APPENDIX


Respondent Profile Table 7 provides a demographic profile of all survey respondents. As shown, between 83% and 89% of respondents work on any given weekday with fewer respondents working on Mondays and Fridays than on days in the middle of the week. Respondents in smaller businesses (those not CTR-affected) are more than twice as likely to work on Saturdays and Sundays as those working for CTR-affected employers. Respondents working in CTR-affected companies are significantly more likely than others to start work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Just under half (43.7%) of Center City employees drove alone at least once during the survey period and nearly as many (40.0%) made at least one commute trip on the bus. Respondents working for CTR-affected companies were more likely than those working for smaller companies to commute by: riding the bus; carpooling; teleworking; and/or vanpooling. Respondents in companies that are not CTR-affected were more likely than those in large organizations to drive alone, walk, bicycle, or take the ferry with a vehicle.

Table 7 Respondent Profile

Center City

(All Respondents) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected

Base n=49,056 nw=49,056

n=46,937 nw=20.175

n=2,119 nw=28,770

Days Worked Downtown Monday 85.9% 89.2 83.6 Tuesday 88.8 91.3 87.0 Wednesday 87.6 90.8 85.2 Thursday 87.7 90.4 85.8 Friday 83.1 84.1 82.3 Saturday 16.8 8.5 22.7 Sunday 12.8 5.8 17.8

Started Work Any Day Between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Yes 84.5% 99.5% 73.9% No 15.5 0.5 26.1

Commute Mode to Work* (between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.) Base trips: nw=182,057 nw=85,970 nw=96,087

Bus 35.7% 42.1% 29.9% Drive alone 32.7 25.4 39.3 Carpool 8.4 9.6 7.3 Walk 6.3 5.0 7.5 Train/light rail/streetcar 5.2 5.6 4.8 Bicycle 3.3 2.7 3.8 Telework 3.0 3.4 2.6 Ferry as walk-on passenger 2.2 2.5 2.0 Motorcycle/Moped 0.9 0.8 1.0 Vanpool 0.7 1.2 0.3 Ferry with vehicle 0.6 0.4 0.9 Compressed workweek day off 0.1 0.1 0.1 Other mode 0.8 1.2 0.5

* Multiple responses accepted.

Note: CTR-affected plus Not CTR-affected may not sum to Center City due to weighting and rounding.


Table 7 (Continued) Respondent Profile

Center City

(All Respondents) CTR-Affected Not CTR-Affected

Base n=49,056 nw=49,056

n=46,937 nw=20,286

n=2,119 nw=28,770

Number of Miles One Way to Work** Less than 5 24.5% 19.5% 28.1% 5 to 9 25.6 23.5 27.1 10 to 19 27.1 28.6 26.1 20 or more 22.8 28.4 18.8 Average 12.7 miles 14.5 miles 11.2 miles

Geographic Area of Residence Seattle 57.9% 48.3% 64.9% South (Renton/South King County/Pierce County) 16.5 19.7 14.2 North (Kirkland/W. Snohomish County) 12.2 14.6 10.5 Bellevue 3.8 4.2 3.6 East (Issaquah/East King County) 3.5 5.1 2.3 West (Kitsap County/Island County) 3.1 3.9 2.6 Northeast (Redmond/NE King County/SE Snohomish County) 2.9 4.2 1.9

Employment Neighborhood Belltown 9.8% 4.1% 13.8% Capitol Hill 2.4 0.0 4.2 Chinatown-International District 6.9 3.3 9.3 Commercial Core 29.7 46.4 18.0 Denny Triangle 14.4 15.9 13.4 First Hill 7.5 9.0 6.5 Pike/Pine 2.6 0.3 4.2 Pioneer Square 7.2 3.1 10.1 South Lake Union 9.1 10.6 8.0 Uptown 10.3 7.3 12.5

Business Size 1 to 4 11.4% 0.0% 19.5% 5 to 9 4.9 0.0 8.3 10 to 19 7.6 0.0 13.0 20 to 49 14.0 0.0 23.8 50 to 99 14.7 0.4 24.9 100 or More 47.3 99.6 10.5

* Excludes reported overnight business trips.

** Excludes reported miles over 150, also reported miles over 10 for those that walk to work three or more times a week or over 30 for those that bicycle to work three or more times per week.

AB Statistically significant difference between referenced columns. May not sum to 100% due to rounding.

Center City employees live 12.7 miles from work on average. Employees working for smaller companies are significantly more likely than those in CTR-affected companies to live within ten miles of work (55.2% and 45.0% respectively). This finding is corroborated by the fact that 64.9% of employees in non-affected companies live in Seattle compared to 48.3% of those in large organizations.

Employees working for CTR-affected companies are significantly more likely to work than those in smaller companies to work in the Commercial Core, Denny Triangle, South Lake Union, and First Hill neighborhoods. Employees in companies not affected by the CTR rule are more likely than others to work in Belltown, Uptown, Pioneer Square, Chinatown, Capitol Hill, or Pike/Pine neighborhoods.


Prenotification Letter

DATE Dear <contact and title>: Within the next few weeks, an interviewer from Gilmore Research Group, an experienced professional research firm headquartered in Seattle, Washington, may be calling your office and asking you to allow your employees to participate in a survey about how they commute to work. Your participation will help support our continuing efforts to improve commuter options and access to downtown Seattle. The survey will only take 2-3 minutes of each employee’s time and will provide valuable information to Commute Seattle, a partnership between Downtown Seattle Association, King County Metro and the City of Seattle. It will ask what method of transportation employees used to get to work each day of the preceding week and the zip code they are traveling from. Participation in this survey is completely voluntary. Responses from your employees will be combined with those from other organizations to give us a complete picture of commute travel to downtown Seattle that will inform decisions about alternative forms of transportation, parking and other travel-related issues. All survey responses are confidential and your employee’s answers will not be associated with your company. If you have any questions you may contact the Gilmore Project Director, Wendy Sears [email protected] (206. 219.1943). Thank you in advance for taking part in this research effort.

Sincerely,

Jamie Cheney Executive Director Commute Seattle


mailto:[email protected]

Recruiting Screener Hello, this is _________ with the Gilmore Research Group. I am calling on behalf of Commute Seattle. We are asking employers to help with a very short survey on how employees commute to work in the downtown area to support continuing efforts to improve commuter options and access to downtown Seattle. The survey involves having each employee from selected businesses fill out a short form about how they commute to work. Your employees can complete the forms online or can fill out a paper version. It should only take a minute or two for each person to do it. What we need is a contact person at your business who is willing to distribute and collect the surveys. Are you the best person or would you recommend we talk with someone else? IF NEEDED: Your business was selected at random to represent other businesses of the same size, and it is very important that we include the information from your employees.

Same person New person (reintroduce) Great! First, I just need to verify some information about your business. Are you located at_____________________________ (ADDRESS FROM SAMPLE) Yes No => Are you located in the <neighborhood from sample> area?

Yes=> May I have your address? ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ No=> THANK AND TERMINATE

And about how many employees do you have that commute to this office? #__________ 1 – 2 5 – 9 20 – 49 100 – 249 500+ 3 – 4 10 – 19 50 – 99 250 – 499 What is your major business activity? IF NEEDED READ LIST

Retail Restaurant/Food Service Medical office Commercial office Government Personal service (i.e. beauty salon) Banking Childcare/daycare Other____________________________________________________________________

As I mentioned, we have a short form for employee that asks about their commute method each day during the week of October 18 – 24. Since this involves some effort to distribute the forms to each employee and collect them again, we are having a drawing for the people who are handling this in each business. The drawing will be for: (READ APPROPRIATE ONE)

IF LESS THAN 10 EMPLOYEES: 20 gift certificates valued at $25 IF TEN OR MORE EMPLOYEES: 10 gift certificates valued at $50

Since we are only interviewing a sample of local businesses, your odds are pretty good. Would you be willing to help us get the forms handed out and collected from your employees? Yes

No – Is there someone else in your business that might be willing to do it? Yes => GET REFERRAL AND REINTRODUCE No => THANK AND TERMINATE


Would you prefer that we...

Come by and drop them off at your business Mail them to you Send you a link to an online survey with a PIN number for each employee or Send you the survey in an electronic fillable format that you can distribute and collect by

email? => Email_______________________________(VERIFY CORRECT SPELLING)

We will need to collect the forms the week of November 1st. We’ll send you a postage paid self-addressed envelope for you to mail everyone’s forms back to us as well as directions for submitting the surveys electronically. Thank you so much for agreeing to do this. Is there anything else that we can do to make this easier for you? Let me make sure I have your correct name and phone number: Name_____________________________________________ (VERIFY CORRECT SPELLING) Phone__________________________ Fax ____________________________ We will get this information out to you soon with detailed instructions and contact information in case you have questions.


Commute Seattle Questionnaire


State of Washington CTR Survey


Geographic Areas Respondents were asked to provide the zip code where they live. Commute Seattle then grouped the reported zip codes into geographic areas to gain a better understanding of travel behaviors. The zip codes in each grouping are shown in the table below:

Table A-1 Zip Codes within Geographic Areas of Residence All respondents

Seattle North North East South South West Out of State 98101 98011 98277 99118 98158 98499 98325 97223 98102 98012 98279 99122 98166 98501 98329 97224 98103 98020 98282 99125 98168 98502 98332 97236 98104 98021 98284 99202 98178 98503 98335 97267 98105 98026 29292 99203 98188 98504 98337 97462 98106 98028 99205 98198 98506 98339 97601 98107 98033 Northeast 99206 98321 98507 98340 97701 98108 98034 98014 99207 98323 98509 98342 97845 98109 98036 98019 99208 98327 98512 98345 98111 98037 98052 99212 98328 98513 98346 98112 98041 98053 99216 98333 98516 98353 98113 98043 98072 99217 98338 98520 98358 98114 98046 98074 99218 98349 98524 98359 98115 98082 98077 99223 98354 98531 98362 98116 98086 98272 99224 98360 98532 98363 98117 98087 98290 99336 98361 98537 98365 98118 98201 98294 99350 98371 98541 98366 98119 98202 98296 99353 98372 98544 98367 98121 98203 99362 98373 98546 98368 98122 98204 East 99403 98374 98550 98370 98124 98205 98024 98375 98558 98376 98125 98206 98027 South 98377 98569 98380 98126 98208 98029 98001 98385 98579 98382 98127 98213 98040 98002 98387 98580 98383 98133 98221 98045 98003 98388 98584 98384 98134 98223 98050 98010 98390 98589 98392 98136 98225 98065 98022 98391 98592 98393 98138 98226 98068 98023 98401 98597 98394 98139 98229 98075 98025 98402 98604 98528 98144 98230 98801 98030 98403 98607 98588 98145 98232 98802 98031 98404 98611 98155 98233 98816 98032 98405 98625 Out of State 98161 98236 98823 98035 98406 98626 83709 98164 98239 98826 98038 98407 98638 83814 98165 98247 98855 98042 98408 98642 83815 98174 98248 98901 98047 98409 98661 83854 98175 98249 98902 98051 98416 98662 92103 98177 98250 98908 98055 98418 98672 97005 98185 98251 98925 98056 98422 98682 97006 98199 98252 98296 98057 98424 98684 97008 98316 98253 98930 98058 98433 98685 97013

98256 98942 98059 98443 98922 97060 Bellevue 98257 99004 98062 98444 97068

98004 98258 99012 98063 98445 West 97070 98005 98260 99016 98064 98446 98013 97108 98006 98261 99019 98071 98447 98061 97140 98007 98264 99021 98090 98464 98070 97143 98008 98270 99022 98092 98465 98110 97144 98009 98271 99025 98093 98466 98310 97203 98015 98273 99027 98146 98467 98311 97212 98039 98274 99037 98148 98498 98312 97217

Q6. What is the zip code where you live?


Weights The table on page 37 shows how weights were derived for this study. The total number of employees in the Center City and within each neighborhood was calculated from two sources: A database listing all companies within defined Seattle boundaries purchased from InfoGroup and data provided by the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) for companies with 100 or more employees. Using this information, Gilmore determined the percentage of employees in CTR-affected and non-affected businesses in the Center City overall and within each neighborhood. Responses from completed surveys were then weighted by the factors shown in Table A-1 to ensure proportionate representation based on business size.

As shown in the table, the City of Seattle was treated differently from other businesses because it distributed surveys to only 2,700 of its 5,500 employees. Because the City of Seattle sampled employees rather than attempting a census, responses from employees in this organization had to be factored up first to represent all employees in the City of Seattle (factor of 3.24675) and then weighted to align them with the actual distribution of CTR-affected and non-affected businesses in the Center City and the Commercial Core neighborhood. The City of Seattle is a subset of the CTR-Affected companies shown in Table A-1.


Table A-1 Weights Applied to Center City Aggregated Data & Neighborhood Data

Estimated Number of Employees

(InfoUSA/WSDOT)

Percentage of Employees

(InfoUSA/WSDOT)

Valid Surveys

Received*

Percentage Valid

Surveys Weight CTR-Affected 74,864 39% 45,775 93% 0.4128311

City of Seattle 5,500 3% 1,162 2% 1.1947699 Non-Affected 113,977 _59% 2,119 __5% 13.5773172 Total 194,341 100% 49,056 100% Belltown

CTR-Affected 3,032 13% 2,039 87% 0.1522988 Non-Affected 19,737 87% 293 13% 6.8991901 Total 22,769 100% 2,332 100% Capitol Hill

CTR-Affected 0 0% 0 0% Non-Affected 2,224 100% 88 100% 1.0000000 Total 2,006 100% 88 100% Chinatown – International District

CTR-Affected 3,455 42% 1,644 89% 0.4657819 Non-Affected 4,856 58% 198 11% 5.4356293 Total 8,311 100% 1,842 100% Commercial Core

CTR-Affected 29,518 36% 19,436 93% 0.3892324 City of Seattle* 5,500 7% 1,162 6 1.2130690

Non-Affected 46,839 57% 381 2% 31.5073297 Total 81,857 100% 20,979 100% Denny Triangle

CTR-Affected 13,036 63% 7,796 96% 0.6551862 Non-Affected 7,588 37% 285 4% 10.4321703 Total 20,624 100% 8,081 100% First Hill

CTR-Affected 10,112 65% 4,418 97% 0.6728515 Non-Affected 5,386 35% 138 3% 11.4734842 Total 15,498 100% 4,556 100% Pike/Pine

CTR-Affected 992 37% 151 63% 0.5891629 Non-Affected 1,673 63% 88 37% 1.7049591 Total 2,665 100% 239 100% Pioneer Square

CTR-Affected 2,247 20% 1,503 87% 0.2343028 Non-Affected 8,715 80% 215 13% 6.3527577 Total 10,962 100% 1,718 100% South Lake Union

CTR-Affected 7,516 53% 5,223 97% 0.5498295 Non-Affected 6,596 47% 169 3% 14.9126649 Total 14,112 100% 5,392 100% Uptown

CTR-Affected 4,956 32% 3,565 97% 0.3474775 Non-Affected 10,363 68% 264 3% 9.8115252 Total 15,319 100% 3,829 100%

* Valid surveys are the number of completed surveys received after eliminating surveys that were blank or largely incomplete

Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding.


100+ non-CTR Cohort Analysis In 2010, only those organizations with fewer than 100 employees were included in the non CTR-affected group. This year, all non CTR-affected organizations were included in the study. Because of this inclusion, the data needed to be looked at in order to insure results were not alarmingly different due to the inclusion of this group of people.

Overall results for 2012 are similar to 2010 results even though the 2012 results include organizations in the non CTR-affected group with 100 or more employees and the 2010 data only included non CTR-affected companies with fewer than 100 employees.

In order to make a direct comparison to 2010 data, those working for non CTR-affected companies with 100 or more employees were removed from the 2012 data in the light blue bar below.

There are a few significant differences from 2010 to 2012 data, and these differences are present regardless of whether 100+ Non-Affected companies are included in analysis. The differences are:

• Fewer employees drove alone , carpooled, or used a compressed workweek. • More employees walk, rail, or bike to work.

2012 Total: nw =41,206; Tripsw=182,057 2012 Total (excluding non-affected with 100+ employees): nw =39,238; Tripsw =173,014 2010 Total: nw =37,846; Tripsw =174,664

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0.0% 10.0% 20.0% 30.0% 40.0%

Other

Compressed Workweek

Ferry w/Vehicle

Vanpool

Motorcycle

Ferry Passenger

Telework

Bike

Rail

Walk

Carpool

Drove alone

Bus

Commute Mode Share Yearly Comparison

2012 Total

2012 Total (<100for non-affected)

2010 Total (<100for non-affected)


When looking at 2012’s data for the non CTR-affected respondents, the total that includes employees at companies with 100 or more employees are more likely to walk to work than those working at companies with less than 100 employees.

Other than the difference among walkers, the non-affected group that includes 100+ companies is similar in commute behaviors to the non-affected group that excludes those with 100 or more employees.

2012 Non CTR Affected: nw =21,031; Tripsw =96,087

2012 Non CTR Affected (excluding non-affected with 100+ employees): nw =19,063; Tripsw =87,044

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Ferry Passenger

Telework

Bike

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Carpool

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Drove alone

Commute Mode Share Not Affected Comparison

2012 Not Affected (All)

2012 Not Affected(<100 employees only)


Map of Downtown Neighborhoods


OT CommuteTrip Reduction Program Rules 2010


Tables with Significant Notations

Table 3 Percentage of Weekday Trips per Mode by CTR-Affected/Not Affected Companies Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

(Total) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected

Base = Tripsw

n=48,221 nw=41,206

Tripsw=182,057

n=46,672 nw=20,175

Tripsw=85,970

n=1,549 nw=21,031

Tripsw=96,087 Bus 35.7% 42.1% B 29.9% Drive alone 32.7 25.4 39.3 A Carpool 8.4 9.6 B 7.3 Walk 6.3 5.0 7.5 A Train/light rail/streetcar 5.2 5.6 4.8 Bicycle 3.3 2.7 3.8 A Telework 3.0 3.4 2.6 Ferry as walk-on passenger 2.2 2.5 2.0 Motorcycle/Moped 0.9 0.8 1.0 Vanpool 0.7 1.2 B 0.3 Ferry with vehicle 0.6 0.4 0.9 A Compressed workweek day off 0.1 0.1 0.1 Other mode 0.8 1.2 B 0.5

Question 1: Last week, what type of transportation did you use each day to commute TO your usual work location?

Question 4: Last week were you scheduled to begin work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.? If you were not assigned starting times, did you begin work sometime between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.?

AB Statistically significant difference between referenced columns.

Table 4 Percentage of Weekday Trips per Mode by Business Size Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Business Size (Number of Employees)

Total A

1 to 19 B

20 to 99 C

100+

n=48,221 nw=41,206

Tripsw=182,057

n=865 nw=11,744

Tripsw=36,360

n=1,219 nw=14,089

Tripsw=51,026

n=46,972 nw=23,223

Tripsw=94,671 Bus 35.7% 20.6% 34.4% A 42.1% A B Drive alone 32.7 46.4 BC 35.4 C 26.0 Carpool 8.4 8.5 6.5 9.4 B Walk 6.3 9.8 B C 6.2 5.1 Train/light rail/streetcar 5.2 4.2 5.1 5.6 Bicycle 3.3 4.1 C 3.8 C 2.7 Telework 3.0 1.0 3.8 A 3.3 Ferry as walk-on passenger 2.2 1.9 2.2 2.3 A Motorcycle/Moped 0.9 0.5 1.3 0.8 Vanpool 0.7 0.3 0.3 1.1 A B Ferry with vehicle 0.6 1.7 B C 0.5 0.4 Compressed workweek day off 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Other mode 0.8 0.8 0.3 1.1 B


Question 4: Last week were you scheduled to begin work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.?

Base = Tripsw ABC Statistically significant difference between referenced columns.


Table 6 Weekday (Monday-Friday) Commute Mode Share by Neighborhood – Percentage of Trips per Mode Respondents that started work between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.

Belltown

(Total) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected n=2,261 nw=1,896

Tripsw = 8,688

n=2,031 nw=309

Tripsw = 1,312

n=230 nw=1,587

Tripsw = 7,375 Bus 36.1% 31.3% 37.0% Drive alone 35.4% 36.1% 35.3% Carpool 7.0% 10.5% 6.4% Walk 5.1% 4.1% 5.2% Bike 3.8% 2.8% 4.0% Ferry Passenger 3.8% 2.9% 3.9% Rail 3.4% 4.6% 3.2% Telework 2.7% 3.0% 2.6% Motorcycle/Moped 0.5% 0.8% 0.5% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.5% 1.0% 0.4% Vanpool 0.3% 2.1% B 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.2% 0.1% 0.2% Other 1.3% 0.7% 1.4%

Capitol Hill

n=57 nw=57

Tripsw = 254

n=0 nw=0

Tripsw = 0

n=57 nw=57

Tripsw = 254 Drive alone 55.1% 0.0% 55.1% Carpool 13.0% 0.0% 13.0% Walk 12.6% 0.0% 12.6% Bus 9.8% 0.0% 9.8% Rail 2.8% 0.0% 2.8% Bike 2.8% 0.0% 2.8% Telework 2.0% 0.0% 2.0% Ferry Passenger 1.6% 0.0% 1.6% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.4% 0.0% 0.4% Vanpool 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Other 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Chinatown – International District

n=1,772 nw=1,468

Tripsw = 6,823

n=1,639 nw=763

Tripsw = 3,453

n=133 nw=723

Tripsw = 3,370 Drive alone 35.2% 22.2% 48.4% A Bus 32.3% 44.9% B 19.4% Rail 15.9% 15.6% 16.1% Carpool 9.1% 8.3% 9.8% Walk 2.1% 1.6% 2.6% Motorcycle/Moped 1.8% 1.0% 2.7% Bike 1.2% 2.3% 0.2% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.7% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.0% 0.8% A Telework 0.4% 0.7% 0.0% Vanpool 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% Other 0.7% 1.4% 0.0%






Commercial Core

(Total) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected n=20,767 nw=16,787

Tripsw = 75,099

n=20,518 nw=8,942

Tripsw = 39,275

n=249 nw=7,845

Tripsw = 35,824 Bus 50.4% 52.4% 48.3% Drive alone 18.9% 16.7% 21.4% A Carpool 7.9% 8.2% 7.6% Walk 5.7% 3.7% 7.7% A Rail 4.6% 6.7% B 2.4% Ferry Passenger 3.4% 3.4% 3.3% Telework 3.2% 4.2% 2.1% Bike 3.1% 2.0% 4.2% A Ferry w/Vehicle 0.8% 0.4% 1.3% A Motorcycle/Moped 0.8% 0.5% 1.1% Vanpool 0.4% 0.5% 0.4% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Other 0.7% 1.2% 0.2%

Denny Triangle

n=8,001 nw=7,569

Tripsw = 32,410

n=7,763 nw=5,086

Tripsw = 21,185

n=238 nw=2,483

Tripsw = 11,225 Bus 38.2% 36.8% 40.7% Drive alone 27.7% 28.5% 26.4% Walk 8.4% 9.2% 6.9% Carpool 7.8% 8.5% 6.6% Rail 4.6% 3.8% 6.2% Bike 4.2% 3.4% 5.8% A Telework 3.6% 4.3% 2.5% Ferry Passenger 1.7% 1.4% 2.1% Motorcycle/Moped 1.2% 1.4% 0.8% Vanpool 1.0% 1.1% 0.8% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.3% 0.6% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Other 1.0% 1.3% 0.5%

First Hill

n=4,428 nw=4,157

Tripsw = 17,316

n=4,319 nw=2,906

Tripsw = 11,682

n=109 nw=1,251

Tripsw = 5,633 Drive alone 35.1% 32.2% 41.1% A Bus 32.1% 35.6% B 24.6% Carpool 13.9% 13.4% 14.9% Walk 6.3% 5.3% 8.6% Rail 3.1% 2.9% 3.5% Bike 2.8% 2.2% 4.1% Vanpool 2.7% 3.5% 1.2% Ferry Passenger 1.0% 1.4% 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 0.8% 1.1% 0.2% Telework 0.7% 0.7% 0.6% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.7% 0.5% 1.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.0% Other 0.7% 1.0% 0.2%






(Total) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected

Pike/Pine

n=211 nw=191

Tripsw = 885

n=151 nw=89

Tripsw = 408

n=60 nw=102

Tripsw = 477 Drive alone 47.2% 40.9% 52.5% Walk 18.8% 13.1% 23.6% Bus 18.5% 24.3% 13.6% Carpool 8.3% 14.2% B 3.2% Bike 3.8% 2.0% 5.4% Ferry Passenger 1.1% 2.3% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.8% 0.0% 1.4% Telework 0.5% 0.7% 0.4% Motorcycle/Moped 0.5% 1.0% 0.0% Rail 0.3% 0.7% 0.0% Vanpool 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% Other 0.3% 0.7% 0.0%

Pioneer Square

n=1,668 nw=1,406

Tripsw = 6,328

n=1,502 nw=352

Tripsw = 1,512

n=166 nw=1,055

Tripsw = 4,815 Bus 36.2% 41.8% 34.4% Drive alone 24.7% 22.2% 25.5% Rail 9.0% 12.9% 7.8% Walk 7.6% 1.8% 9.4% A Carpool 6.2% 8.2% 5.5% Bike 5.3% 5.5% 5.3% Telework 4.1% 1.5% 4.9% A Ferry Passenger 3.8% 2.9% 4.1% Ferry w/Vehicle 1.5% 0.4% 1.8% A Motorcycle/Moped 0.7% 0.9% 0.7% Vanpool 0.1% 0.1% 0.1% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.0% 0.2% 0.0% Other 0.8% 1.6% 0.5%

South Lake Union

n=5,330 nw=4,769

Tripsw = 20,288

n=5,202 nw=2,860

Tripsw = 11,803

n=128 nw=1,909

Tripsw = 8,485 Drive alone 50.7% 40.6% 64.7% A Bus 21.5% 25.5% B 16.0% Carpool 10.8% 13.7% B 6.7% Walk 5.1% 5.1% 5.1% Rail 2.5% 2.7% 2.3% Bike 2.5% 3.9% B 0.5% Telework 1.8% 1.6% 2.1% Vanpool 1.7% 3.0% B 0.0% Motorcycle/Moped 1.1% 0.8% 1.6% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.4% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.5% 0.3% 0.9% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.1% 0.2% Other 0.7% 1.3% 0.0%






(Total) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected

Uptown

n=3,726 nw=2,989

Tripsw = 12,987

n=3,547 nw=1,233

Tripsw = 4,912

n=179 nw=1,756

Tripsw = 8,075 Drive alone 56.4% 44.6% 63.7% A Bus 13.9% 20.9% B 9.7% Carpool 7.4% 12.0% B 4.6% Walk 6.9% 6.9% 6.9% Telework 5.4% 4.4% 6.1% Bike 3.6% 3.4% 3.8% Rail 2.1% 2.0% 2.1% Motorcycle/Moped 1.2% 1.3% 1.2% Ferry Passenger 0.8% 1.2% 0.6% Vanpool 0.6% 1.6% 0.0% Ferry w/Vehicle 0.4% 0.3% 0.5% Compressed Workweek Day Off 0.1% 0.2% 0.0% Other 1.0% 1.2% 0.9%

Question 1 & Question 4 Base = Tripsw ABC Statistically significant difference between referenced columns.

Table 7 Respondent Profile

Center City

(All Respondents) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected

Base n=49,056 nw=49,056

n=46,937 nw=20.175

n=2,119 nw=28,770

Days Worked Downtown Monday 85.9% 89.2 B 83.6 Tuesday 88.8 91.3 B 87.0 Wednesday 87.6 90.8 B 85.2 Thursday 87.7 90.4 B 85.8 Friday 83.1 84.1 B 82.3 Saturday 16.8 8.5 22.7 A Sunday 12.8 5.8 17.8 A

Started Work Any Day Between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. Yes 84.5% 99.5%B 73.9% No 15.5 0.5 26.1A

Commute Mode to Work* (between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m.) Base trips: nw=182,057 nw=85,970 nw=96,087

Bus 35.7% 42.1% B 29.9% Drive alone 32.7 25.4 39.3 A Carpool 8.4 9.6 B 7.3 Walk 6.3 5.0 7.5 A Train/light rail/streetcar 5.2 5.6 4.8 Bicycle 3.3 2.7 3.8 A Telework 3.0 3.4 B 2.6 Ferry as walk-on passenger 2.2 2.5 2.0 Motorcycle/Moped 0.9 0.8 1.0 Vanpool 0.7 1.2 B 0.3 Ferry with vehicle 0.6 0.4 0.9 A Compressed workweek day off 0.1 0.1 0.1 Other mode 0.8 1.2 B 0.5

* Multiple responses accepted.

Note: CTR-affected plus Not CTR-affected may not sum to Center City due to weighting and rounding. AB Statistically significant difference between referenced columns


Table 7 (Continued) Respondent Profile

Center City

(All Respondents) A

CTR-Affected B

Not CTR-Affected

Base n=49,056 nw=49,056

n=46,937 nw=20,286

n=2,119 nw=28,770

Number of Miles One Way to Work** Less than 5 24.5% 19.5% 28.1% A 5 to 9 25.6 23.5 27.1 A 10 to 19 27.1 28.6 B 26.1 20 or more 22.8 28.4 B 18.8 Average 12.7 miles 14.5 miles B 11.2 miles

Geographic Area of Residence Seattle 57.9% 48.3% 64.9% A South (Renton/South King County/Pierce County) 16.5 19.7 B 14.2 North (Kirkland/W. Snohomish County) 12.2 14.6 B 10.5 Bellevue 3.8 4.2 3.6 East (Issaquah/East King County) 3.5 5.1 B 2.3 West (Kitsap County/Island County) 3.1 3.9 B 2.6 Northeast (Redmond/NE King County/SE Snohomish County) 2.9 4.2 B 1.9

Employment Neighborhood Belltown 9.8% 4.1% 13.8% A Capitol Hill 2.4 0.0 4.2 A Chinatown-International District 6.9 3.3 9.3 A Commercial Core 29.7 46.4 B 18.0 Denny Triangle 14.4 15.9 B 13.4 First Hill 7.5 9.0 B 6.5 Pike/Pine 2.6 0.3 4.2 A Pioneer Square 7.2 3.1 10.1 A South Lake Union 9.1 10.6 B 8.0 Uptown 10.3 7.3 12.5 A

Business Size 1 to 4 11.4% 0.0% 19.5% A 5 to 9 4.9 0.0 8.3 A 10 to 19 7.6 0.0 13.0 A 20 to 49 14.0 0.0 23.8 A 50 to 99 14.7 0.4 24.9 A 100 or More 47.3 99.6 B 10.5

* Excludes reported overnight business trips.

** Excludes reported miles over 150, also reported miles over 10 for those that walk to work three or more times a week or over 30 for those that bicycle to work three or more times per week.

AB Statistically significant difference between referenced columns. May not sum to 100% due to rounding.

End of Report


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